Project Blog

Graduation party

Date: 02/03/2012

The graduation event topped off a great 12 week journey for the Mapping the Change students. Attended by Councillor Jonathan McShane, the Principal of Hackney Community College Ian Ashman, guests from Radio 1, and Shoreditch Radio, plus of course the students themselves it was an amazing ending to an epic journey..Read more.

Finishing touches Date: 22/02/2012

After a half-term intensive and a final practical session, the final mixes are now polished and ready for the big launch next Friday . There are some genuinely heartbreaking and inspiring tales ...Read more.

No rest for the good Date: 08/02/2012

Half term approaches, but our team of producers are not stopping. On Monday they'll be in college, uploading the last of their interviews for editing. Read more.

Audio Pressure Date: 01/02/012

The first interviews are in the can! Students have been out this week recording family, teachers and neighbours in a bid to document Hackney in 2012. Read more.

Unfolding the story Date: 18/01/2012

The classes have signed off their feature ideas - the recording can now begin. We have stories of parents arriving in Hackney, commuters at Hoxton station and a young music producer. Read more.

Early Morning at Kiss FM Date 18/01/12
It's tough getting up for the breakfast show on Kiss FM. That's what half of the participants of Mapping the Change groups found out this morning, when they visited the studios.... Read more.

Stretching into the new year Date: 11/01/2012
And it's with a biiiiiiiig stretch that we return to a new year and a new project. After completing the news packages, Mapping the Change students are delivered their assignment proper. Read more.

Cut and paste with words Date: 16/12/2011
Ah, the last day of term. A time for fun and festivities, yes? Well... not quite. today students had to hand in their first assignment: a news package. But will they meet their deadline? Read more.

Talking to yourself is normal Date: 07/12/2011
The students are getting into the nitty gritty now! Having cut together their vox pops and interviews, now comes the tricky business of gluing them together with their own words......Read more.

Audio packaging Date: 30/11/2011
The teachers protested outside..our intrepid journalists began writing up their news stories in the classroom. They had their vox pops from week one and their 'expert' interviews from week two ...... Read more.

BBC in the place! Date: 23/11/2011
This week four more students joined us for an afternoon session in perfect time to benefit from a visit from Warren Nettlefod from BBC London.....Read more.

Voice of Hackney Date: 16/11/2011
For this project we have partnered with Hackney Community College (HCC), although not all the students are from the college itself. The outside facade of HCC gives quite a modest impression....Read more.